CHOCHMAS NASHIM: DEVARIM: TRANSITIONING FULL CIRCLE By: Suri Stern In a parking lot last Friday, my car was side-swiped and bumper fell off. I try not to see clients on Friday because my children are home from college, and I want to hang with them and prepare for Shabbos, but I had eight people…
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Men and the Bible
Men and the Bible Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS All of a sudden there’s a run on men. One gets swallowed up by the ground. Another communicates with a donkey. And the best of them drives a spear right through a couple. And we think the pickings are slim -these days! I mean, let’s…
Chochmas Nashim: Matos: Contract With Humanity
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: MATOS: CONTRACT WITH HUMANITY BY: Suri Davis We are in the midst of the three weeks, a time we mourn the destruction of the Temple. The temple was destroyed because there was baseless hatred among the Jews. In this week’s torah portion, there is a discussion about fulfilling commitments, that which we…
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: PINCHAS: Women’s Soccer and Daughters of Tzlafchad
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: PINCHAS: THE U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM AND THE DAUGHTERS OF TZLAFCHAD By: Suri Stern In this week’s torah portion, the daughters of Tzlafchad approach Moshe and request that they inherit from their father, since their father had no son. The torah specifies that names of the daughters in the Parshah, and we…
Chochmas Nashim: Balak: Destructive Anger
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: BALAK: DESTRUCTIVE ANGER By: Suri Davis In this week’s torah portion, Balak, the Moab king was frightened at the growing Jewish population, so he asked Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam said he needed some time to answer, and in that time Balaam asked G-d what he should do, and G-d told…
Wood That You Could?
Wood That You Could? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS Wood- it just has to be wood. After all -That’s what was in. You just couldn’t be that person…. You know, the one who didn’t have wood. It would be the quickest way for someone to notice your shortcomings, even without…
Chochmas Nashim: Korach and George Washington, The Rebels
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: KORACH THE ANCIENT GEORGE WASHINGTON: REBELION CELEBRATION By: Suri Davis So interesting that I write this dvar torah on the 243rd anniversary of the anniversary English rebels declared freedom from the king. What does it mean to live under a king…one might look at today’s Saudi Arabia, and the disappearances and deaths…
When Sleep Alludes You
When Sleep Alludes You?! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS Don’t think I’m writing this in the middle of the night because I can’t sleep! Ok, I take it back. That’s exactly why I am! Sleep is that funny thing that: little kids avoid but certainly need or maybe really parents need…
Unearthed Holocaust Grave
Unearthed Holocaust Mass Grave in Belarus Won’t Stop Building of Luxury Condos by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff The blood of 1,214 souls cries out. Do we not hear their voices? Looking out her window, Tatyana Lakhay discovered the horrors of the Holocaust unearthed before her very eyes. Living in Brest, Belarus, one day Tatyana was glancing out of…
Chochmas Nashim: Bahaalotchah: In the Desert on Central Ave.
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: B’HAALOTCHAH: IN THE DESERT ON CENTRAL AVE. By: Suri Stern Did you ever wonder how G-d gave Jews food, drink, shelter, protection and clothes that never wore out in the desert, and yet in almost every torah portion, we hear them complaining? Ok, they wanted to get there already, we understand that,…